Deeply Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (12 July 2005)

Just got back from a screening. Wow, what a really disappointing and truly awful movie. Only some nifty special effects and the presence of some of my favorite actors saved it from a single star.
I'm accustomed to action movies having plot holes, but not a half-dozen so large you can drive a truck through them. I was looking forward to some chemistry between McGregor and Johansson, but for plot reasons (at the very least) there was absolutely none. I'm a huge fan of Johansson, but she could have been replaced by any Barbie doll and a bit of CGI and the film would have been no different.
I love a good action sequence, but these sequences went ON and ON and ON, pushing WAY past the point of excitement or interest and well into "wonder how difficult it will be getting out of the parking lot afterwards" territory.
The complaints I had about Armageddon (which I'd rate a 6) are simply magnified by Bay, and the things I liked from that flick were abolished. Really disappointing. Not recommended, even on DVD.